Combined light and ventilator structure for closed automobiles, etc.



F. R. KISSLING ET AL COMBINED LIGHT AND VENTILATOR STRUCTURE FOR CLOSED AUTOMOBILES, ETC

April 29 3 Sheets-Sfieet 1 Filed Jan. 12 1923 F. R. KISSLING ET AL,

COMBINED LIGHT AND VENTILATOR STRUCTURE FOR CLOSED AUTOMOBILES, ETC

Filed Jan. 12 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 iffy April 29, 1924. 1,491,866

F. R. KISSLING ET AL" COMBINED-LIGHT AND VENTILATOR STRUCTURE FOR CLOSED AUTOMOBILES, ETC

Filed Jan 12. 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

UNITED s r PAT E'N'l me EEANK; E. rssnnm, E CLEVELAND, OHIO, Ann GARDNER E. WHEELER, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, essxenons TO THE WHEELER nnnm'ron a manurnc'rum me 00., or EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, A

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Application 'filed January To all whoin it may concern;

Be it known that we, FRANK R. KISS LING and GARDNER E. WHEELER, citizens of'the.

United States, residing, respectively, at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, and New Haven, in the coun- "ty of New Haven and State of- Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Light and Venti 1 lator Structures for Closed Automobiles,

Etc, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined light and ventilator structure, particularly adapt- 15 ed and intended for use in closed automobiles or other vehicles although capable of use in other relations when desired.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved structure which can be-insert- 0 ed in the cover of a vehicle body or compartment, and which will containelectric lights for the purpose of illuminating the interior of the vehicle, and in addition to this will contain a ventilator which can be opened or closed, the ventilator including a cover on the outside over an opening in the roof.

The invention may .be embodied in vari''- ous forms some of which are hereinafter illustrated and described.

so In the accompanying drawin ,Fig. 1. is

a vertical section of the device, Fig. 2 isv a plan view partly in, section, Fig. 3 is a side elevatlon, 4 is a ,vertical section of a modification, 1g. 5 isa vertical section In the drawings, 6 indicates the roof of 40 a car or other structure, provided with an opening 7.

' Secured to the underside of the roof and extending around said opening is a pair of ring plates 8 and 9, secured by screws 10 and provided with a series of ventilating holes 11 which ermit the flow of air from the interior of t e vehicle to the opening 7.

-The light support or holder includes a ring 12 having a horizontal flange 12 the edge of which isfrictionallyheld between the inside edges of, the two plates 8 and 9, which are. expanded or spread apartto receive the same, as indicated at 8, and the.

of another modification. Fi 6 is a vertical CORPORATION or euro.

12, was. Serial no. 612,188.

which holds the dome glass 13 by means of a retainer 14 and a bead 15 on the flange 12", the retainer being inserted between the glass and the bead. The ring'and glass enclose one or more electric lamps 16 the sockets for which are fitted in a plate 17, which is fastened to or formed integral with the ring 12. The plate 17 has a central socket 18 into which is screwed or otherwise fastened the lower end of a screw 19, and this screw engages a threaded yoke or bracket 20 the arms of which are fastened to a ventilator .cover plate 21 which is dished to engage over the flange 22 of a ring 23secured to the vehicle top and extending around the opening 7, this ring and ventilator cover being positioned on the outside of the roof. A pair of straps 24 extending across the opening between opposite sides of the 'ring 23 andthese form guides for the yoke 20 which works therebetween, the yoke being permitted to raise and lower but being prevented from rotation by the straps.

In usethe structure will serve the purpose of adome'light and also that of a ventilator when desired. 'To open the ventilator cover 21 the ring 12 is grasped and turned, thereby also turning the screw 19, and this screw by its engagement with the threaded part of the yoke 20 will lift the ventilator cover, thereb permitting the escape of air through the ho es 11, the, opening'7, and outwardly under the edge of. the cover. U Reverse operation of the rin 12 will close the ventilator cover, whic is provided with a packingring 24 which seats tightly against .the flange-22 of the outer ring, ma'kes the Y at 32 to the top of the car and opened and closed by a screw 33 having a knob 34 inside the car and'tapped through a threaded bossv 35 on the plate 30 and engaging a socket piece 36 on the under side of "the cover by means of a ball 37 with a neck 38 around whichthe edge'of the socket fits. By turning the screw 33 the ventilator cover can be opened or closed, this action being permitted by the ball and socket connection and the hinge.

. The modified form shown in Fig. v5 is similar to that shown in F-ig. 1 with respect to the Central screw 19 which is connected to the la I holder, by turning which the cover will 1 raised and lowered, but in-- stead of the supporting plates 8 and 9 the lamp structure is rotatably held'by an ornamental pressed shell 30 having slits 31 for the escape of air, the lamp structure being supported for rotation by a flanged ring 39 secured to the edge of the shell 30 and engaging in a cover 40 in the ring which supports the globe 13 and the socket plate 17. r

The screw 19 threads into'an extension 20, which is fastened to the cover 21, and has the flattenedside -20". Then extension 20 extends downwardly through a correspondingly shaped opening 24' in a cross piece 24 which is used in this form} in plan of the cross piece 24 shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This construction prevents turning of the member 20 when the screw 19 is rotated.

In the form 19 is fastened rigidly to the top 21 and threaded into the boss 18 pins 50 fastened to the top 21 and projecting downwardly therefrom through holesi51 in cross piece 52 prevent the top- 21 and screw 19from rotating when the ring'12 is turned- 2 The shapes and manner of assembly of the various palts are largely matters of choice and various other, modifications are possible within the scope of the following claims. v

We claim: 1. A combined light and ventilator structure adapted to belocated in an opening 7 in a roof or the like comprising a lamp support set in said opening, the ventilator including a cover extending over said openmg, and means extending below the lamp 7 support to raise or lower said cover.

' 2. A combined light and ventilator structure adapted to be located in anopening shown in Fig. 7 the screw menses in a roof or the like comprising a lamp support set in said opening, the ventilator including a cover extending over Sfild opening, and means extending below the cover to raise o-rlower said cover, said means including a screw operatively connected to the cover. I

3. A combined light and ventilator structure adapted to be located in an opening in" a roof or the like comprising a lamp .1

"through said opening for raising and lowering the cover.

5. In a combined dome light and ve-ntila tor, a supporting .plate secured to the inside of the roof and having openings communicating with an opening in the roof,

a lamp structure carried by said plate, a cover on the outside of the roof, extending across said opening, and means extending through said opening for raising and loweringl the cover, said means including a screw operatively connected to the cover and carried by the light structure.

6. A combined light and ventilator adapted to be applied to an opening in a roof, and comprising a. su'pporting plate provided with air holes, alamp and dome-glass holder mounted on the said plate, a cover plate extending across said opening on the outside of thereof, and a screw connected to said cover to raise and lower the'same.

Intestim'ony whereof, we afiix our Sig-- natures.

' FRANK R. KISSLING.

GARDNER E. WHEELER. 

